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I think OP is referring to the "unprivileged user namespaces" [1] feature of Linux, which caused numerous security incidents in the past. AFAIK, this is mainly because with this fe…

The FunctionCacher Python utility provides a way to cache the result of a (computation- or IO-heavy) function call to a location on the filesystem, ideally onto a ramdisk/tmpfs. Th…

My experience with Cpp isn't that extensive, but what is the use-case of a garbage collector in this language? I always had the impression that with the well-defined lifetimes of o…

I don't know much about licenses, but why is MIT preferable over GPL used by the GNU coreutils?

I didn't know about Duff's device, which looks pretty interesting! Thanks for sharing

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It is worth noting that this release currently breaks the banIP package [1], which relies on the old fw3. So for those relying on it, it might be worth waiting for a short while. […

Fascinating link, thank you! On that note though: How are the horizontal bars (first one right below the introduction) made? My guess is that they gathered all colours from all pix…

> Note: This blog post has been rewritten at least 3 times. I started with describing how I configured the system, then I went to bragging about how I love bspwm, how I set up all …

A fascinating read! And very well written. What I found interesting is the ripple-like throughput fluctuations. Especially on the TX2 v8.1a, this seems very odd. User 'MB' has alre…

I took a university class on said book last year, held by one of the authors Prof. Tobias Nipkow. Its a fascinating introduction into general program semantics, formal analyses and…

This reminds me of that website which provides several soundscapes, from the ambiance of a café to a walk in the woods. Its at https://mynoise.net